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The eight limbs of Yoga

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Yoga. Sexuality. Tantra. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Chapter 1 - Concentration - Samadhi Pada. Yoga. Yoga (/ˈjoʊɡə/; Sanskrit: योग, Listen) is an Indian physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline.

Yoga

There is a broad variety of schools, practices and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism (including Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhism[2][3][4]) and Jainism.[5][6][7][6] The best-known are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga. The origins of Yoga have been speculated to date back to pre-Vedic Indian traditions, but most likely developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, in ancient India's ascetic circles, which are also credited with the early sramana movements. List of yoga schools. In late medieval Hinduism, Raja Yoga, based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, was contrasted with the then-recent Hatha Yoga, introduced in the 15th century.

List of yoga schools

Since the late 19th century, a great number of distinct new styles of "Yoga" have been introduced by individual teachers. Modern Hinduism and Neo-Hindu revival[edit]

1Yama

2Niyama. 3Asana. 4Pranayama. 5Pratyahara. 6Dharana. 7Dhyana. 8Samadhi.